[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924) › c16.20 # The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c16.20 The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c16.20 - **Language:** English ### [c16.20](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c16.20) ¹ The text is mainly based on Raverty's valuable work, 'The Mihrān of Sind and its Tributaries: a Geographical and Historical Study', in \*J. A. S. B.\*, 1892, Part I, with numerous maps, which has not attracted the attention that it deserves. The defects of form in that treatise, which is overloaded with 590 discursive notes, make it very difficult reading. The observations on Alexander's Indian campaign are scattered through the text and notes, and mixed up with remarks on the most diverse topics. For general comments on the futility of current 'identifications' see pp. 155, 226, 250, 469, note 539, &c.; the Hydaspes (Jihlam), pp. 336-52; Akesinēs (Chināb), pp. 336-52; Hydraōtes (Rāvī), pp. 352-71; Hyphasis (Biās or Biāh), pp. 371-90; Sutlaj, pp. 391-418; Hakṝā, pp. 418-22, 454-66; general results, pp. 469-508; earthquakes and floods, pp. 392, 468, 470, &c.; changes of level, pp. 300, 470; alterations of climate, pp. 282, 354, 417; extension of coast-line, p. 272 (note 235), pp. 317, 469, 501, &c. The whole work is deserving of the most careful study. The author gives full references, so that his statements can be readily tested. - [Previous: c16.19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c16.19) - [Next: c16.21](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c16.21) - [Up: c16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c16) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c16.20](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c16.20) · Pramāṇa